Alibaba is one of the technological powerhouses that joined the HTML5 alliance. (Photo : Reuters)
As a campaign to drive the use of HTML5 (H5) technology, eight hi-tech firms including Alibaba, Huawei, Microsoft and Intel launched the China HTML5 for the Enterprises Alliance, China Daily reported.
The alliance was initiated by enterprise mobile solution provider, Allmobilize Inc. It also includes Kingsoft, iFLYTEK Co Ltd, and the Institute of Communication Standards Research (ICSR) under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)'s China Academy of Telecommunication Research.
The alliance held its first conference at the Wuqing District of Tianjin between July 8 and July 10.
"Development for once, the HTML 5 can be applied to all platforms; a single site URL can be adaptive to all equipment including PC, tablet computer and mobile phone; and a standard will be suitable for all applications," Chen Benfeng, the CEO of Allmobilize and the alliance's chairman, shared during the event.
"Just like a single species, it will be easier for its survival in a tropical rainforest than in a desert," Chen added, pointing out the technology's offered solution to the challenges of the "information island" and fragmentation.
For Jiang Xiaodan, Intel Asia-Pacific Research and Development Ltd's Web technology research and development director, H5 could be a collaborative platform for its clients and cloud services.
Jiang noted that as "the H5 industrial chain is powerful in regards to storage, data mining and deep learning, the company plans to extend its research to robot, unmanned plane, 3D camera support and Virtual Reality (VR)," the article wrote.
According to Alibaba's senior expert on wireless platform Wu Zhihua, H5 has helped Tmall achieve its record-breaking 91.22 billion yuan Single's Day Shopping Festival sales.
It was in 1990 when Tim-Berners Lee, the father of World Wide Web, invented the HTML technology. Nonetheless, Chen explained that it was developed in China.
Chen added that as the country serves as a large market for mobile phones, it offers more apt environment that will help boost more technical innovations.
The Allmobilize CEO further remarked that he eyes to transform the HTML5 technology into a product that China can claim as its invention. This is also a way to promote the "Invented in China" campaign, which he says is his motivation to create more technological advancements.
